The weekend passed and nothing but silence on the Johnny Damon front. I have grown awfully tired of speculating about whether or not he will sign with Detroit. I still think it will happen, but I’m not planning on writing about it anymore until a decision is made.
And speaking of decisions, one area that decisions [...]

The Tigers today annouced the signing of closer Jose Valverde to a two-year contract with a club option for a third. The move puts the team at 41 players on the 40-man roster, so a corresponding move must be made soon.
Mark Anderson of TigsTown noted in a tweet to MLB.com’s Jason Beck that he’s hearing [...]

Now that the Big Deal is all but official, the Tigers are going to be faced with a slew of questions as to what their next course of action will be.  There is an impending roster crunch as two player will have to be removed from the 40-man to get under the limit.  The Tigers [...]

Minnesota 8, Detroit 3 (box)
Magic Number 2
 
For the second time in this four game series, the Detroit Tigers allowed a Minnesota Twins’ pitcher to work through early inning difficulties without making them pay.
 
Scott Baker struggled to put hitters away from the very first batter.  The Tigers fouled off tough pitches and Baker fell behind on [...]

Bobby Seay was scheduled for an MRI today following two unsuccessful outings over the past two day.  Gerald Laird summoned trainer Kevin Rand to take a look at Seay after Laird noticed something in Seay’s follow through that looked amiss.
 
With the Tigers in the midst of a late-season push for the playoffs, left handed reliever [...]

Detroit 6, Cleveland 5 (box)
Magic Number 8
 
Carlos Guillen has officially gotten hot, and the Tigers rode his bat to a series sweep of the Indians last night.
 
Justin Verlander worked seven innings to earn his 17th win, and run his record to 4-0 against Cleveland this season.  Verlander (17-9) struck out 11 while allowing seven hits [...]

Detroit 3, Cleveland 1 (box)
Magic Number 10
 
Edwin Jackson certainly wasn’t as sharp as he would have liked.  He fell behind every single hitter he faced until the third inning, and was 1-0 or worse on 21 of the 27 hitters he faced, hardly a recipe for success.  But Jackson battled all day and in the [...]

Cleveland 2, Detroit 4 (box)
 
Jhonny Peralta had a game he’d like to forget as the Indians near the end of a season they’d like to forget.  Cleveland made five errors, the most since 1997, in their losing effort against Detroit last night.  Peralta himself made three of them.
 
The game began well enough for the Indians’ [...]